demarquis
Who Am I?
from Hell, USA
Since: Feb, 2010
Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
Who Am I?
#2: May 14th 2013 at 10:14:47 AM
Youtube is your friend. Start watching more stand-up. Be sure to think of it as "research"!
"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
Wheezy
(That Guy You Met Once)
from West Philadelphia, but not born or raised.
Since: Jan, 2001
Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
(That Guy You Met Once)
#3: May 14th 2013 at 7:36:15 PM
edited 14th May '13 7:37:17 PM by Wheezy
Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k). Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)
KylerThatch
literary masochist
Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#4: May 14th 2013 at 7:58:45 PM
I've heard at least one author saying that their time in an improv comedy troupe helped with writing humor.
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
peasant
Since: Mar, 2011
#5: May 15th 2013 at 2:36:11 AM
Not sure if this helps or reassures you, but in my opinion, even "uncool" humour has a certain cache and charm about it; in the innocent, Adorkable, Nerds Are Sexy kind of way.
edited 15th May '13 2:37:33 AM by peasant
GlassPistol
Since: Nov, 2010
Wheezy
(That Guy You Met Once)
from West Philadelphia, but not born or raised.
Since: Jan, 2001
Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
(That Guy You Met Once)
#7: May 15th 2013 at 8:36:09 PM
Project progress: The Adroan (102k words), The Pigeon Witch, (40k).
Done but in need of reworking: Yume Hime, (50k)
I never asked for this
#8: May 30th 2013 at 7:45:25 AM
Read books by humor writers. Terry Pratchett, Bill Bryson, Douglas Adams, etc... You will start absorbing some of their sense of humor naturally, it worked for me.
"You like Castlevania, don't you?"
Total posts: 8
Recently, I have been writing a story, which at its core is The Secret World meets Artix Entertainment.
My main problem is that I'm very bad at humor. At most, I can make a bad pun or two once in a while, and even those aren't good.
Example - The leader of North Korea is so Kim Jung Uncool. See how bad that was?
So, I ask you all, any good tips or tricks for improving humor, especially to put in writing?
Help would be much appreciated.
Note to self: Pick less edgy username next time.